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"Oh, Fate! I got with interest the reward of what I did. I have become a she-donkey from a human being. But please do not make my condition worse. This merciless man will now beat me down to pieces."
vayarsen ceaselessly beat that she donkey and took her to the market. People gathered there in very large numbers to see the scene.
On the other hand, the old mother of the prostitute came to know that the foreigner had converted her daughter into a she-donkey. She went to the king with other prostitutes and complained to him: "Oh, protector of the people! Great injustice is being done in your kingdom. As a matter of fact, we prostitutes are even otherwise like orphans. One foreigner has converted my daughter into a she-donkey by the trick of his learning. He is beating her mercilessly in open market. Oh, lord of the earth! Please protect us."
